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  • #31
    Re: Wrexham talking about expanding the racecourse to 55k

    Originally posted by SLUDGE FACTORY View Post
    I am not supporting the idea of a big stadium for Wrexham

    Even 20 k would be far too big

    But it's not like our place is packed week in week out so I think we should save the bow and arrows
    If it was people walking through turnstiles announced rather than including absent season ticket holders I'd say wrexham are already having more people watching them at home than we are in the Last 2 seasons in national league and league 2.

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    • #32
      Re: Wrexham talking about expanding the racecourse to 55k

      Originally posted by Father Dougal View Post
      They were getting 10k plus in the national league with most games completely sold out.

      Obviously before the hype they weren't doing that but don't underestimate the power of Disney etc......

      It's amusing to see people talk about the size of the town as if that's the main metric. They've become and are becoming more of a reality TV football side. They are aware of it and embracing it. The attendances go up everywhere they go.

      They'd easily sell out 30k Week in week out in the Premier league.
      They weren’t selling out their EFL Trophy games this season. Now I get it’s a diddy competition but if they had 30,000 people wanting to go to games they’d have been going to those ones too as you’d take anything you could get.

      Wrexham’s fan base has the majority living overseas. They might sell 30,000 shirts but 90% of those will be shipped to America. They can sell out a friendly in a 60,000 seater stadium in the states but only get 5,000 and 7,000 against Burton and Port Vale in the cup.

      Their fan base in the US will probably keep increasing for years but most of them will never go to a game. In the UK, how many people are going to be travelling from outside Wrexham and the surrounding area? It’ll be a number in the hundreds, not thousands. I reckon a 20,000 stadium will be fine for Wrexham for a long time.

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      • #33
        Re: Wrexham talking about expanding the racecourse to 55k

        Originally posted by SLUDGE FACTORY View Post
        They said that about Cardiff City Stadium
        and they came, look at the time in the prem and Wales games. :thumbup::thumbup:

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        • #34
          Re: Wrexham talking about expanding the racecourse to 55k

          Originally posted by SLUDGE FACTORY View Post
          20 k max

          No way are wrexham a bigger supported club than Swansea
          GOD has spoken. Thread over.

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          • #35
            Re: Wrexham talking about expanding the racecourse to 55k

            Originally posted by blue matt View Post
            and they came, look at the time in the prem and Wales games. :thumbup::thumbup:
            Mmmm

            We have had 2 seasons in the top flight since the stadium has been built

            They have turned up but only for the glory games

            It doesn't seem a reason to have 33000 seats if we only fill them twice every 16 years

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            • #36
              Re: Wrexham talking about expanding the racecourse to 55k

              Originally posted by Dembe View Post
              GOD has spoken. Thread over.
              It's not my fault if you are unable to deal with reality

              If you think Wrexham require a stadium of the size in that report and that a ground holding 20000 , if that , would be far more sensible then I would go and have a rest in a care home

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              • #37
                Re: Wrexham talking about expanding the racecourse to 55k

                Originally posted by SLUDGE FACTORY View Post
                I am not supporting the idea of a big stadium for Wrexham

                Even 20 k would be far too big

                But it's not like our place is packed week in week out so I think we should save the bow and arrows
                In th Championship? Could do it with support from North Wales. Don't base your opinion on Wrexham attendances from crap in the 80s.

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                • #38
                  Re: Wrexham talking about expanding the racecourse to 55k

                  Probably need a few generations of success to get anywhere near 40k+ regularly.

                  Would need to basically convert the North Wales plastics.

                  I just don't see the interest lasting that long, the Disney series works as long as they progress regularly.

                  Good luck to them but 25000, championship football and more Wales matches would be a bloody good aim for wrexham.

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                  • #39
                    Re: Wrexham talking about expanding the racecourse to 55k

                    Originally posted by Trigger View Post
                    Probably need a few generations of success to get anywhere near 40k+ regularly.

                    Would need to basically convert the North Wales plastics.

                    I just don't see the interest lasting that long, the Disney series works as long as they progress regularly.

                    Good luck to them but 25000, championship football and more Wales matches would be a bloody good aim for wrexham.
                    There's no way Wrexham could get gates to justify building a stadium fitting 25000 , never mind 40 k

                    20 , at a push

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                    • #40
                      Re: Wrexham talking about expanding the racecourse to 55k

                      Originally posted by Eric the Half a Bee View Post
                      In th Championship? Could do it with support from North Wales. Don't base your opinion on Wrexham attendances from crap in the 80s.
                      North Wales is home to even more wannabee Liverpool and United fans than down here

                      Wrexham have done well , I think it's great

                      But talk of building a big stadium for a small club is just publicity as far as I can see

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                      • #41
                        Re: Wrexham talking about expanding the racecourse to 55k

                        Originally posted by SLUDGE FACTORY View Post
                        North Wales is home to even more wannabee Liverpool and United fans than down here

                        Wrexham have done well , I think it's great

                        But talk of building a big stadium for a small club is just publicity as far as I can see
                        Sludge they are averaging nearly 12k in league 2. They averaged 10k in non league. Those numbers would be double if their capacity allowed it.

                        They'd struggle to get 20k in the Championship or premier league? Absolutely ridiculous statement.

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                        • #42
                          Re: Wrexham talking about expanding the racecourse to 55k

                          Originally posted by SLUDGE FACTORY View Post
                          Mmmm

                          We have had 2 seasons in the top flight since the stadium has been built

                          They have turned up but only for the glory games

                          It doesn't seem a reason to have 33000 seats if we only fill them twice every 16 years
                          We averaged nearly 32k last time we were in the Premier. Half the premier league averaged less than us.

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                          • #43
                            Re: Wrexham talking about expanding the racecourse to 55k

                            Originally posted by Father Dougal View Post
                            Sludge they are averaging nearly 12k in league 2. They averaged 10k in non league. Those numbers would be double if their capacity allowed it.

                            They'd struggle to get 20k in the Championship or premier league? Absolutely ridiculous statement.
                            Of course, but that's Sludge.

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                            • #44
                              Re: Wrexham talking about expanding the racecourse to 55k

                              Originally posted by Father Dougal View Post
                              We averaged nearly 32k last time we were in the Premier. Half the premier league averaged less than us.
                              Filling a 32 k stadium if we are in the Premier league is not a sign we need a big stadium

                              Because most of the time we are not in the Premier league and the ground is sometimes not much more than half full

                              I remember when Sam took over there was talk of building a big stadium and it was a daft idea then and it's a daft idea for wrexham too

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                              • #45
                                Re: Wrexham talking about expanding the racecourse to 55k

                                They haven't sad they are PLANNING a 55k stadium tho, they are just talking up the club and saying they could maybe fit 50-55k in. The media are taking a statement and building a story that doesnt actually exist, so unlike the press in UK.

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